Take the hundred push-ups challenge!

I'm taking the challenge. Are you? I missed a couple days with being sick, but I've got my strength back now and I'm back on track. Today I'm doing Week 2 Day 2. I'll fess up - on my initial challenge I could only do 8 proper push-ups. I was so mad; I was sure I could do at least 10. I could do 10 in a row a few months ago, last time I'd tried.

I did 11 before I wrote this post. I did 9 before I wrote "I was so mad..." I did another 7 just before I wrote this sentence. I've still another 7 to do in a few minutes, and at least another 10 after that. I find it a bit easier if I do stuff in between. Sometimes I get caught up and it's another before I remember to do the next set. But the point is I'm doing them!

Trying this again

I had intended this to be sort of a travel blog, telling you about all the cool stuff I was doing on my travels. Well, it turned out I wasn't actually DOING much, and hence had nothing interesting to write about.

So I'm going to refocus a bit, and try to make this updates about what's going on with me in general. But first, a quick travel recap to get you up to speed:

• The Chinese circus was awesome.
  
• We left Curitiba shortly after my last post and stayed in Brazil until our Visas were expiring in early/mid-July.
  
• We flew back on Copa through Panama (because business class on Copa is as cheap as coach on Delta).
  
• We got 1 whole day at home to run a million errands.
  
• We spent about 5 days in Huntsville, Alabama visiting Billy's family.
  
• I finally got to go to the Space and Rocket Center!
  
• I met my new niece, helped her father (Billy's brother) start a Roth IRA, got together with most of his family (handed out our christmas presents!) and reconfirmed that I absolutely cannot stand children and will never them. It's not your fault little Beka - I just hate kids in general and am a strong supporter of VHE for environmental reasons.
  
• Copulate, don't populate! Birth control is cheaper than children. /end rant, resuming story
  
• We were back in the house in NY for a few days, and had friends visit from Boston and went to a party at a lake house up on Champlain.
  
• Billy flew to Alaska to go fly fishing with his dad. He'll return the 4th, get 2 cavities filled the next morning, and fly out to work in Florida that afternoon. He should be back the 9th.
  
• I left a couple days later to visit my parents in Virginia while he's away. The days in between were miserable because my anemia came back with a vengeance. Note to self - taking a multi-vitamin every day is essential when your diet is in flux due to travel and an irregular schedule.
  
• I'm in Virginia until the 6th (we may leave for Australia on the 10th).